alt Hacker News1. Secretary of Defense feels like bombing some place. Asks aide to write a report on, justification, logistics, and consequences.
2. Aide tells subordinate to write report.
3. Subordinate uses ChatGPT to write the 100-page report. Sends it to aide.
4. Aide uses ChatGPT to summarize report. Sends summary to SecDef.
5. SecDef accidentally posts summary on publicly-accessible social media page, then forwards to President.
6. Bombs go boom.
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avgDev • 06/17/2025
None of the sources check out.
"We did our best, but sometimes these tools get it wrong." -politician after achieving their goal
Afterwards some or all of the accountability for the taken action is transferred to the amorphous entity known as AI.